Luiz Bevilacqua is an important Brazilian scientist best known for his work as President of the Brazilian Space Agency

Brazilian Space Agency

The Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno...

 (2003–2004) and as Secretary General of the Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science and Technology (Brazil)

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, is the civilian cabinet organization which coordinates science and technology activities in the country...

 (1992–1993). Currently serves as Emeritus Professor, UFRJ and coordinator of the Center for Cognition and Complex Systems of UFABC.

Career

Bevilacqua has served as:

• Vice-Rector of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).
• Director of the Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pos-Graduacao e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE-UFRJ).
• Creator of the Civil Engineering Program of Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pos-Graduacao e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE-UFRJ).
• Project Coordinator of Remotely Operated Vehicles (COPPETEC-Petrobras
  Petrobras
  Petróleo Brasileiro or Petrobras is a semi-public Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest company in Latin America by market capitalization and revenue, and the largest company headquartered in the Southern Hemisphere by market...
  
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• Coordinator of the consultancy to determine the structural integrity of the Mills Ball Shark (COPPETEC-Companhia Vale do Rio Doce).
• Responsible for structural design of the spillways and gates of the Furnas Reservoir.
• Responsible for the design of nuclear components (pipes and pressure vessels) class nuclear of power plants Angra I and Angra II
  Angra Nuclear Power Plant
  Angra Nuclear Power Plant is Brazil's sole nuclear power plant. It is located at the Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto on the Itaorna Beach in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
  
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• President of the Brazilian Association of Mechanical Sciences (ABCM).
• President of the comite of engineering of the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
  Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
  
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• Secretary-General of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT)
  Ministry of Science and Technology (Brazil)
  The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, is the civilian cabinet organization which coordinates science and technology activities in the country...
  
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• Director of Research Units of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
  Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico is an organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science and Technology, dedicated to the promotion of scientific and technological research and to the formation of human resources for research in the...
  
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• Scientific Director of Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ).
• Coordinator of the Graduate of the Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC).
• President of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)
  Brazilian Space Agency
  The Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno...
  
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• Professor Emeritus, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
• Member of the team that created the education program of the Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC).
• Presidente of the Implementation's Comite of the Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC).
• Vice-Rector of the Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC).
• Rector of the Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC).
• Coordinator of the Center for Cognition and Complex Systems, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC).

University

• Civil Engineer - University of Brazil, UB - 1959.
• Specialist (Bridges and Structures) - Technische Hochschule Stuttgart
  University of Stuttgart
  The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....
  
   - 1961.
• Professor (Electrical resistance) - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ - 1966.
• Ph.D. (Applied Mechanics) - Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
   - 1971.

Awards

Decorations:

• Commander of the Order of Rio Branco - Ministry of External Relations
  Ministry of External Relations (Brazil)
  The Ministry of External Relations conducts Brazil's foreign relations with other countries. It is commonly referred to in Brazilian media and diplomatic jargon as the Itamaraty, after the palace which hosts the ministry...
  
   - 1994
• Commander of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
  Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
  The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
  
   - President of the Republic of Brazil - 1995
• Grand Cross of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
  Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
  The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
  
   - President of the Republic of Brazil - 2000
• Award "Almirante Álvaro Alberto (Engineering Sciences) - National Council of Scientific and Technological Development
  Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico is an organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science and Technology, dedicated to the promotion of scientific and technological research and to the formation of human resources for research in the...
  
   - 1995
• Award "Prêmio Anísio Teixeira" - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior is a government agency linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Education in charge of promoting high standards for post-graduate courses in Brazil....
  
   - 2011

Cronologia

See also

• UFABC - Federal University of ABC
• Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
  Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit
  The National Order of Scientific Merit is an honor bestowed upon Brazilian and foreign personalities recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the cause and development of science in Brazil.-Biology:* Marcelo Hermes-Lima* Jorge Curi...
  
  
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